Nearly 6,000 Michigan automotive customers will be eligible for relief and possible loan forgiveness from Santander Consumer USA as part of the settlement agreed to between the subprime lender and a coalition of state attorneys general. Santander allegedly violated consumer protection laws by placing borrowers with subprime credit into auto …
Read More »Santander agrees to $550M settlement over subprime loans
WASHINGTON — Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc. said on Tuesday it had agreed to make changes to its underwriting practices as part of a $ 550 million settlement with 33 states and the District of Columbia over subprime auto loans. The states said Santander violated consumer protection laws by placing …
Read More »Santander agrees to $550M U.S. settlement over subprime auto loans
WASHINGTON — Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc. said on Tuesday it had agreed to make changes to its underwriting practices as part of a $ 550 million settlement with 33 states and the District of Columbia over subprime auto loans. The states said Santander violated consumer protection laws by placing …
Read More »$4M settlement for robocall violation against subprime auto lender ‘too small’
A federal judge in Pennsylvania, saying the amount would shortchange impacted consumers, has refused to approve a proposed $ 4 million settlement in a class action that alleges subprime auto lender Flagship Credit Acceptance violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. U.S. District Judge Michael Baylson rejected the settlement in part …
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